Sentence examples of "for fear that" in English
She ran to the station for fear that she would miss the train.
Aus Furcht, den Zug zu verpassen, rannte sie zum Bahnhof.
No one dares to contradict his employer for fear of being fired.
Aus Angst, gefeuert zu werden, widerspricht niemand seinem Arbeitgeber.
For fear of an accident, my father doesn't drive.
Weil er Angst vor einem Unfall hat, fährt mein Vater nicht Auto.
I didn't tell him the truth for fear he would get angry.
Ich habe ihm die Wahrheit nicht gesagt aus Angst, er würde wütend werden.
It is my fear that in an understandable but foolish wish for the European Union to have its own defence capability, politicians are forging ahead with plans that are at best wishful thoughts, and at worst dangerous.
Ich befürchte, dass die Politiker in dem verständlichen, aber törichten Bestreben, eine eigene Verteidigungskapazität für die Europäische Union zu schaffen, Pläne vorantreiben, die bestenfalls Wunschgedanken und schlimmstenfalls gefährlich sind.
The city of Bonn just invented the "hookermeter", to tax prostitutes who cruise its sidewalks, and I just invented the word for that.
Die Stadt Bonn hat gerade ein "Nuttometer" erfunden um Prostituierte auf den Straßen zu besteuern, und ich habe gerade das Wort dafür erfunden.
A man named Carlos came to a mountain village looking for that old man.
Ein Mann, Carlos genannt, kam in ein Bergdorf, auf der Suche nach diesem alten Mann.
Where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?
Wo warst du während der 30 Minuten, in denen du weg warst?
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